1. Jace went to Cheyenne and took some measurements on the buildings he found th

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1. Jace went to Cheyenne and took some measurements on the buildings he found there. He calculated the cost of constructing each building, and the time it took to build it. Jace noticed that the more expensive the construction, the longer it took to build it. He found there was a strong correlation. When Jace’s advisor saw this he said, “Look at that relationship! I can build my house faster by finding the construction crew that costs the least!” What could be a lurking variable for this scenario?

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Here the lurking variable can be the size of the building. Normally the more the size will be, greater will be the time to make it and greater will be the cost. Hence,

Due to size of the building, there can be a strong correlation between cost of constructing and time taken to build it because both increases with the increase in size.

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